What is the case law in which a judge has said that a child is in the best interest of the child to be in the care of a happy parent?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from B.T.O. v. A.A., 2013 ONCJ 708 (CanLII):
There have been cases in which judges have remarked that it is in the best interest of a child to be in the care of a parent who is happy and who feels secure and thus the parent should not be “...denied the opportunity to be the most fulfilled person she can be....” ( McCullogh v. Smith, 2007 NSFC 23 at para. 43) 5.2 Discussion of the mother’s evidence and her plan
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